Problems and goals of beginning teachers are the subject of these speeches presented by both experienced and beginning teachers at the 1965 national conference of the National Commission on Teacher Education and Professional Standards. The problems include the differences between teacher expectations and encounters, unrealistic teaching and…

There is a great need for instructional materials which are useful in the professional preparation of teachers, particularly materials to fit a multi-media learning environment. It is helpful to distinguish between such materials and the ways in which they can be used and the various educational purposes thereby served. The procedures or formats…

This document reports on the findings of the task force on coordination, governance, and structure of postsecondary education. Major conclusions are: (1) The states have the preeminent responsibility for postsecondary education. (2) Each state should insure and promote a variety of postsecondary educational opportunities. (3) Particular attention…

An attempt is made to determine whether a procedure requiring each member of a rating group to rank a subset of fifteen goals selected at random from one hundred and six goals would produce results that were, in effect, equivalent to having each member of a rating group rate each of the one hundred and six goals. The ratings of the one hundred and…

It was believed that information derived from a study of the imperative educational needs in Wisconsin might assist the Wisconsin State Department of Education and other State policymaking agencies to develop guidelines for future program planning and allocation. First, the document outlines the problems investigated in the study, describes the…

In this report, the Carnegie Commission considers the special issues and opportunities of the urban setting and the nature and quantity of higher education resources required to respond adequately to the needs of a metropolitan area. Recommendations deal with higher education's relationships with cities as educator, as expert, and as a major…

A booklet designed to bring awareness to the affective domain of instruction is presented. It is divided into three major sections. The first section presents the concerns of the affective domain as they apply to children and youth. The second summarizes the findings of the Needs Assessment in the Affective Domain in South Dakota which was…

This report covers the development of higher education in India using as a framework both relevant political and educational history and the educational needs of a country progressing at a rapid rate economically and technically. Part I discusses India as a nation: its geographical setting, history, and the present conditions. Part II deals with…

In a survey of the recent past in African education several problems are identified, including the widespread use of Western patterns which are irrelevant to the African situation, undue dependence on the examination system, emphasis on secondary rather than on primary education, the growing difficulty of finding employment for the students when…

Learning is approached in these sessions as a lifetime process and not as something occurring over a definable, limited period of time. Certain ideas; however, have served to keep the evening college from realizing its full potential: (1) the notion that evening programs should be circumscribed the way regular programs are, and (2) negative…

This is the fourth in a series of reports comprising a nationwide review of the Teacher Corps program; it assesses the program at the University of Southern California and participating schools in Los Angeles and Riverside counties. The program focused on the special educational needs of Mexican-American and black children living in the Los…

Five thousand natural resource managers and scientists throughout the United States were asked to indicate their current education needs. It was concluded that, merely to keep abreast, they should spend one day a week or the equivalent in regularly scheduled study. Training is needed in environmental management, interrelationships of the…

This paper reviews the basis and organizational rationale for Foundations of Education courses. Instructional objectives for Foundations courses are included. The unity and effectiveness of Foundations fields are studied in light of the viability of integrated work and study in the Foundations. (MJM)

Reported are results of a needs assessment study of handicapped children in Oregon undertaken to provide the Oregon State Department of Education with information concerning the most pressing educational needs within each handicapping group as defined by state law. Needs are summarized for each handicapping category, and across handicapping…

Sixty-three selected convention papers (conference reports) are presented on different aspects of educational needs in special education. Six general papers are followed by 10 papers on mental retardation, in which selected topics include mental retardation and the culturally disadvantaged and physical fitness of mentally retarded boys.…